Pearl is a thirty-something filmmaker balanced precariously on the edge of an addiction-fueled breakdown. But when she is invited to interview her idol and crush, lesbian cult filmmaker Mitch Meyer, her stilted life restarts.
Buoyed and seduced by Mitch鈥檚 interest in her and her work, Pearl swaps alcoholism for romantic obsession and London for a summer in New York with Mitch. All the while she is haunted by a project she has been toying with for years: a film about Veronica Lake, a 1940s film star who drank herself into obscurity.
鈥淗ad me laughing, wincing, cheering, recognizing, admiring鈥攁nd turning pages, rapidly.鈥濃擬aggie Nelson, author, The Argonauts
鈥淪ophie out-jars The Bell Jar with this dark and gleaming masterpiece.鈥
鈥擡ileen Myles, author, A 鈥淲orking Life鈥
鈥淭his lush and detailed dive into the flayed-open femme heart is irresistible鈥
wild, cringy, addictive, relatable.鈥濃擬ichelle Tea, author, Little F
鈥淎 masterful contribution to the canon of queer women鈥檚 literature. A smart and uncomfortable dissection of longing.鈥濃擲hon Faye, author, Love in Exile
鈥淯nflinching, unexpected, radical, lyrical, and wholly original.鈥
鈥擲ophie Mackintosh, author, Permanence
鈥淚 loved this lyrical fever dream of a novel. Melancholic, hopeful, seedy, dazzling, tender, brutal. Just gorgeous.鈥濃擡mma van Straaten, author, Creep: A Love Story
鈥淏est novelistic treatment of addiction I鈥檝e read in years.鈥濃擪eiran Goddard, author, I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
鈥淩obinson鈥檚 prose is as addictive as Pearl鈥檚 wanting. A fearless look into the dark.鈥濃擫auren McQuistin, author, No Lost Causes Club: An Honest Guide to Recovery, and How to Find Your Way Through It
